--- In sr111@y..., "beanspiller_ca" <rburnell@a...> wrote:
> Ok here goes. The cause of the crash has been identified, but will
> not be released for some time. How do I know this..?? I have a
friend
> who was involved in the aircraft reconstruction in Shearwater. He
has
> informed me, that the cause was wiring, but it was not the kapton
> wiring. It was the wiring for the inflight entertainment system. It
> seems that all the A/V equipment was stored in Galley 8 just ahead
of
> the leading edge of the port wing. The wiring exited the cabin
> throught the ceiling, and ran along the top of the cabin bulkhead,
> and down into the first class secxtion and to the LCD screens in
the
> back of the headrests in the first class section. The investigators
> discovered that all of this wiring was laid bare in the space above
> the cabin, instead of in conduit as required by law. This explains
> why the flight data and cockpit voice recorders stopped working 6
and
> a half minutes before impact. The aircraft hit the water inverted,
> and on an approximate angle of 79 degrees. The temperature in the
> cockpit was approximately 3000 degrees farenheight. It was so hot,
> that kevlar was burnt. Everyone from the cockpit, back to the
middle
> of first class were unconcious upon impact. It is not known if or
> when this will be released. It still has to be accepted by the
CTSB.
> I have also seen pictures of some of the debris. I was shown a pic
of
> a piece of metal that was very blued and heat distorted. It was
very
> obvious that this piece of metal had been exposed to a very high
heat
> to look like this. When I asked where it was from, I was told it
was
> part of the door frame from the front passenger door behind the
> cockpit. I hope this helps some people. I'm putting my neck on the
> line printing this, but you have a right to know.
>
> Beanspiller_ca

Please see continued discussion regarding this at
http://swissair111.org and I want to praise the poster for coming
forward with this information and invite him to the new sr111 site.
Barbara